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    ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR REFUSES TO PRODUCE REPORT ON ROLE OF POLICE IN DINK MURDER

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    May 10, 2010 - 17:45 AMT 12:45 GMT

    As the 13th hearing in the trial of the alleged killers of
    Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink is held in Istanbul on
    May 10, Reporters Without Borders reiterates its support for his
    family and its lawyers in their struggle for a fair trial and for
    all the circumstances of his murder to be brought to light.

    The Dink family's lawyers have just filed a complaint against Istanbul
    deputy governor Mustafa Guran accusing him of abuse of authority and
    obstruction for refusing to let them see the report of an investigation
    by interior ministry inspectors into the alleged role of police and
    security officials in the murder.

    The lawyers, Fethiye Cetin and Ismail Cem Halavurt, say they need
    access to the report for various initiatives, including an appeal
    against a 12 March decision clearing police chief Celalettin Cerrah
    of any responsibility. Once they had made it clear they intended
    to appeal, the governor should have released the report to them,
    they insist.

    Although guaranteed by Turkish legislation and the European Convention
    on Human Rights, any possibility of a free and fair trial is being
    blocked the deputy's governor's refusal to cooperate. He would face
    a possible three-year sentence if the prosecutor's office agreed to
    try him on a charge of abuse of authority under article 257-1 of the
    criminal code.

    The Dink family and its lawyers also want the Dink murder trial
    assigned to prosecutors who work on it full-time so that it is given
    the required attention. Until now, the prosecutors in charge of
    the case have had to handle other cases at the same time, says the
    publication on rsf.org.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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